Re: Meade LXD75, out yet?

From: Michael Kreuzer (NAMEtheobscure_at_bigpond.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:48:48 GMT

Anyone know if the 8" SCT uses the same standard OTA as the LX90/200 etc?
Is the white tube the only difference?
Michael 

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"Rod Mollise" <rmollise@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >Here's a decent review:
> >
> >http://www.neurohack.com/Astrophotography/FirstLight.html
>
> Hi:
>
> Yep. Saw that one, and I believe it's probabbly more indicative of what
the
> scopes are like than the person on the LXD75 list who is posting about
> bearings, the spreader, balance with the finder, etc. Now the person in
> question could _certainly_ have received a dog, no doubt about that. But
from
> reading the posts where he's related the problems he's having, I'm not
sure
> that it would be wise to put too much credance in what he's saying.
>
>
> Peace,
> Rod Mollise
> Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
> Like SCTs and MCTs?
> Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
> Goto <http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html>

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